Automobile-coat



J. SPEESE.

AUTOMOBILE COAT. APPLICATION-"FILED MAY 5. 1914.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

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J, SPEESE.

AUTOMOBILE COAT. APPLICATION FIL ED MAY 5. 1914.

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Witmeooeo JASPER SPEESE, OF MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMOBILE-COAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Application filed May 5, 1914. Serial No. 836,493.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JASPER SPEEsE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Milton,

in the county of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Coats, of which the followin is a specification.

This invention re ates to automobile coats, and it has for its object to produce a garment of this class which will be especially convenient not only while riding, but especially while working about the machine for the purpose of making such emergency repairs as may be'required.

A further object of the invention is to produce a coat garment of simple construction in which the skirts may be fastened about the limbs of the wearer in a simple, convenient and efiicient manner.

A further object of the invention is to produce a coat garment of the character described in which the sleeve may be fastened about the wrist and adjusted as to length in, a convenient manner for the purposes set forth.

With these and other ends in View which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same con sists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

' In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front view showing a simple and preferred form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the coat applied to a person.

Fig. 4 is a detail side view illustrating a slight modification, particularly with respect to the sleeve of the coat.

Fi 5 is a perspective view showing the modified sleeve applied.

Fig. 6 is a perspective detail view illustrating a further modification.

Fig. 7 is a sectional detail view taken stantially on the line 77 in Fig. 3.

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Fig. 8 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on the line 88 in Fig. 5.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

In the drawings, the invention has been shown applied to a coat made of light material and of the variety known as duster, but it is obvious that the invention may be applied to coats of various patterns and of any desired material.

The coat is provided in the back portion thereof with the customary vertical slit 15 extending upwardly from the lower edge and a dividing the lower part of the garment into the skirts 16, 16. Each of said skirts is provided on the outer face thereof with a row of fastening members 17 extending diagonally from the slit 15 to the bottom edge of the garment. Each of the skirts isprovided adjacent to the front edge thereof with a corresponding row of fastening members 18 arranged in a vertical row on the inner face of the skirt, said fastening members being of a character to cooperate with the fastening members 17. For purposes of illustration fastening members of the ordinary friction snap variety have been shown, but no limitation whatever is intended in this respect. Thus, for instance, the respective fastening members or elements might consist of buttonholes and buttons, respectively. The front edge of each skirt is usuall provided with a hem 19 which affords sudlcient backing and reinforcement for the fastenin members; each skirt is preferably provide with a diagonally disposed reinforcin strip 20 on the back portion thereof to a 0rd a backing for the fastening members 17.

Each sleeve of the garment is provided with a connecting element, such as a buckle 21, which is engaged by a strap or billet 22 connected with and depending from the shoulder portion of the garment. The purpose of this is to enable the sleeve to be pulled up about the wrist of the wearer so as not to interfere with the free use of the hand, as will be readily seen by reference to Figs. 3 and 5. The buckle or connecting element 21 may be attached directly to the outside of the sleeve, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, or it-may be connected with the sleei e by divergent straps 23, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5, thereby equalizing the pulling strain on opposite sides of the sleeve.

For the purpose of enabling the wrist por- -40 members 17 will-be 50 the machine and, likewise, with 5510f the wearer,

7 tion ofthesleeve to be constricted around the wrist of the wearer so asto beheld in-a reasonably tight and effective manner, fastening members 'may be provided. These 5 fastening members whloh may be of the 'friction's'nap variety may be arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the sleeve interi-, orly 'of 'the latter, as clearly seen in 'F1g.7,'

and as also indicated in Fig. 3,,said fasten- 10 ing members or elements being designated, re'sp'ectively, by 24 and25. Oo6perat1ng.

fastening elements '26, 27 may also be arranged eXteriorly upon the sleeve,.as indi- -i'cated in Figs. 5 and. 8, so that by wrapping 1-5 I or folding the sleeve portion 'aboutthe wrist ;0f the wearer, the said f2lSt6I11I1g.6lBI11GIltS.

n'ia'y be brought into alinelnent for effective ezengagement with .each other. Again, as Illustrated in Fig. '6,the sleeve may be coni stricted at the end thereof and provided with .a wrist band. 28 having cooperating ifasten ing elements'29 and 30'Wl1l0l1, whenbrought into engagement with l each other, will vclasp the wristband sufficiently tight upon the .vrist of the wearer.

From-the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings "hereto annexed, the-operation and advantages ofthis .;invention will be readily understood.- It

will be seen that by simply folding the rear skirt about the limb of the portion of the "wearer, thedi'agonalrow of fastening memq bers 1'7 willbe' brought into eflectivealine- -111'6I1tWltl1-llll8 coiiperating fastening meniber s 18st the front edge of the skirt, thus enabling-the skirts to about the limbs seenin Fig-. 3;

"skirts below be secured snugly ofFthe wearer, as clearly The triangular flaps 'of the thediagonal rows" of fastening positioned in proximity "totheknees o'fthe wearer. I Auxiliary cof-operatingfastening elements 31, 32 for the "points of these triangular flaps may be pro- Tivided' exteriorly on'thefiap and interiorly on tlie skirt, as'ii'idicated in Fig. 1, when desired. V

All automobile users are familiar withthe annoyance caused by having the coat skirts drag 'in-the dust or dirt while stooping about the annoyanc'e caused by the coat sleeves interfering with adjustments and repairs of various kinds.- By this inventionthe' skirts of the coat maybe fastened snugly about the limbs 'dirt and also protecting the limbs and ments in an effective manner from" dust preventlng dragging 1n the *gfastened and tightened about the wrist and then shortened by engagement of the buckles 21 with the straps 22, thus providing a simple and inexpensive garment which is eminently suited for the purposes set forth. It will, of course, be understood that while the garment is designated as aniautomobile coat, it maybe usefully employed for many purposesneedless to enumerate.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is: 1 f1. Azcoat garment having a slit'in theiback I extending upwardly from theNlower edge to @form two separate skirts having substantially vertical front and rearsideedges, each .skirtibeing provided with a-diagonal row of fastening elements extending I be- :tween the :slit and the lower: edge and 1 defining a triangular flap, andeach skirt being also provided with a vertical row of fastening elements arranged adjacent andinparal- 1 "rl'eli'elation toithe front edge thereof forJCO- operation with the diagonal rowof fastening elements, the fastening elementrdefiningrthe highest point in. the triangular flap :of each skirt in normal position being located imazteria lly below the .top :of the .ivertical row of Y fasteningelements ofithe :skirt, whereby the garment will be fulledvilrthe seattoafl'ord "freedom when the" elements :are fastened.

together. i Y I v 2. A coatgarmentopen inthe -front and having: a slit .in tlie back' extendingupwardly from the :lower edge to foini gtwo separate shirts with vertical front and. rear' edges;

' :eaoh skirt'being *thereof with a :row of fastening elements def fining 'a' triangularflap, row of fastening 'elemen'ts arranged in the front ofeach skirt 1 to :coact' V with the aforesaid fastening- =elenients to secure the vfront and :rear marginal edges together :and independent co-acting fastening e'lemen'ts. arranged *to secure the triangular portion of each skirt tlie fasten- --ing element defining the highest "pointin-the I triangular flap of each skirt 111 tionbeing located materially below the top of theveltical row of'fastening elements of the skirt, whereby the- -garment will "be normal posifulled in theseat and a reinforcing backing for the knee will be produced; f r

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